Engineering consultancy Equilibrium has released a new set of free-to-use design tools that it says will greatly improve the speed and accuracy of engineering the design of structural cross-laminated timber (CLT) systems. The CLT Structural Design Tool was developed in part with funding from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the Softwood Lumber Board to … [Read more...] about New interactive tool can assist engineered design of cross-laminated timber systems
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New aerospace manufacturing and design facility completed in Gloucestershire
West Midlands-based property development and investment company Barberry Industrial has reached practical completion of a £40million aerospace manufacturing and design facility for global aircraft component and systems maker Moog Incorporated in Gloucestershire. The 19,000-square-metre carbon-neutral facility is located on a four-hectare site at Ashchurch, … [Read more...] about New aerospace manufacturing and design facility completed in Gloucestershire
HS2 trials automotive design technology to drive down embedded carbon
In a first for the construction industry, technology originally developed to design and optimise automotive and aerospace structures is being deployed to engineer some of the largest and most impressive structures on Britain’s new high-speed rail network, High Speed 2. As part of its innovation programme, HS2 Ltd has teamed up with Leamington Spa-based Altair, to develop a … [Read more...] about HS2 trials automotive design technology to drive down embedded carbon
Exergy to design UK’s first deep geothermal power plant
Exergy International and Geothermal Engineering (GEL), the UK’s leading developer and operator of geothermal plants, have signed a contract for the supply of an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) power plant at the United Downs site in Cornwall. The agreement represents the first integrated deep geothermal project in the UK. It aims to deliver around 3 MWe of baseload renewable … [Read more...] about Exergy to design UK’s first deep geothermal power plant
Researchers create 3D-printed smart wall for National Highways project
A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge, working in partnership with industry, has helped to develop the first piece of 3D-printed concrete infrastructure to be used on a National Highways project. The structure – a type of retaining wall known as a headwall – has been installed on the A30 in Cornwall, where it’s providing real-time information thanks to … [Read more...] about Researchers create 3D-printed smart wall for National Highways project